Richmond, BC- A western municipality of the Greater Vancouver area located on a very flat island with the river on two sides and ocean on the other. Historically a quaint fishing town with a seaside village located at the south end of town. A truly picturesque setting with lots of West-coast and Japanese-inspired architecture...one of those places where there are no bad parts of town.

Enter the immigrants. The quaint fish-and-chips village turns into bustling city with 80 condo towers, with dozens more under construction, and many Asian malls. About half the restaurants, (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) in Vancouver are in Richmond. The night market is also here.

Yes, the Asians account for 60% of the residents here and outside of city hall they are a dominating presence that you cannot avoid. Everywhere you will see high school FOBS rolling around in their beamers and beeping their cell phones.

Richmond has fast become the most favored suburb in the GVRD and hated by eastern municipalities that never get any attention...vast majority of the Olympic budget is slated for Richmond (Canada line, speed skating oval). This fair city is also located next to the island airport of YVR and is a 20 minute drive from downtown Vancouver.

Residents generally have some extra money and can access many recreational activities close at hand, including biking, swimming, skating, yoga, kayaking, whale watching, beachcombing...so it isn't surprising that Richmond is the healthiest city in Canada with a mean life expectancy of 84 years!

Despite its great location and all its amenities, Richmond is still a flood plain and housing prices are still relatively cheap compared to Vancouver. A family moving here can still afford a decent house for under $700,000. Yes, a mere 700k, that's how we talk in BC.

In Richmond I live by the ocean in peace and can hear the sounds of seagulls in the warm breezy air.

Richmond-upon-thames. A very nice area in London but very expensive. Peaceful in the day and wild in the night. Named after Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire by Henry VII, in which the North Yorkshire town of Richmond (the first ever Richmond in the world) was named after the Normandy town of Richemont. Nonetheless, Richmond-upon-thames a great place.

There are so many Richmonds all over the English world, and it all started in a French town.

AN AMAZING PLACE 8 MILES OUT OF LONDON
HOME TO AMAZING PEOPLE, AMAZING SHOPS AND AN AMAZING PLACE TO BUY FISH AND CHIPS
it was there first! the places in Virginia and Sydney aren't the originals.... Richmond, London dates back to the 1400s!

The capital of Virginia. Home to VCU, UR, and VUU. Has great local bands and lots of great restaurants (Italian, Greek, Sushi, Mexican, Thai, Burgers, Vietnamese, etc.) Seperated into the Fan, Northside, Southside, the West End, the East end, and Downtown. Other districts are Forest Hill, Shokoe Bottom, Shokoe Slip, and Church Hill. Home to WRIR independent radio station.

The city is very influenced by Virginia Commonwealth University, or VCU. The campus is centered in the Fan.

Richmond Cali. (In Contra Costa County) "is a former shipbuilding boomtown turned Ghetto".
Richmond is known as the Iron Triangle, The Rich ,Dodge cityIt has four sides to it North Richmond NORTH, Central RichmondC-SIDE, South Richmond SOUTHSIDE and Point Richmond (not mentioned) but known for three. Although getting "hyphy" is more of a Bay Area word defining getting ignorant, drunk/high, and quite violent within a group of friends to most thugs in the game hyphy is a way of life and just having fun. Richmond is ranked the most violent do to the fact that The Rich is not as large as most cities in The Bay but have alot of killings, if you ran across a Richmond cat you know. Richmond has it own set of rules.